4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet
Strip Mall in California, CA · 4501 S Alameda St, Los Angeles · 90058
At a glance
4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet is a 134,360-square-foot strip mall building at 4501 S Alameda St, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 1948. In its 2021 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 56.7 kBtu/ft² and 433 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 56.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 433 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,146,247 kWh |
| Natural gas | 37,005 therms |
| Gross floor area | 134,360 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6374175:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | — | 56.7 kBtu/ft² | 433 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 45.5 kBtu/ft² | 366 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 59.6 kBtu/ft² | 495 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 59.0 kBtu/ft² | 490 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
AB 802 requires every California commercial building over 50,000 sq ft to report energy use to the CEC annually; the CEC publicly discloses the results statewide.
Ownership
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Location
- Address
- 4501 S Alameda St, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90058
- Coordinates
- 34.00267, -118.23911
Within ~1 km
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How does 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet compare with other strip mall buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 937 strip mall buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 56.7 kBtu/ft² is about 25% below the average of 75.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 134,360 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1948, 37 years earlier than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².
How has 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet, covering report years 2018–2021. Site EUI moved from 59.0 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 56.7 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 490 tCO₂e to 433 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).
What does a site EUI of 56.7 kBtu/ft² mean?
Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet's 56.7 kBtu/ft² across 134,360 sq ft works out to about 7.6 billion Btu (2,233 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 1,146,247 kWh of electricity and 37,005 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet to report its energy use?
4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet reports under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10), the legal basis of California's Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide), which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2021 disclosure (source record california:6374175:2021). AB 802 requires every California commercial building over 50,000 sq ft to report energy use to the CEC annually; the CEC publicly discloses the results statewide.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet's energy grade?
4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 56.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 56.7 kBtu/ft² across 134,360 sq ft, including 1,146,247 kWh of electricity and 37,005 therms of natural gas.
What are 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet's carbon emissions?
4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet reported 433 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (3.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2021.
Where is 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet?
4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet is at 4501 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90058. Its coordinates are 34.00267, -118.23911 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet and when was it built?
4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet has 134,360 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1948 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is 4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2021 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “4501 S Alameda St - Alameda Swap Meet, Los Angeles, California — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/4501-s-alameda-st-alameda-swap-meet-ab2637ca (data as of July 9, 2026).